On 23 Feb 2006 07:38:34 -0800, Miel
<2devnull@osgiliath.nl> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've installed Debian on a Sparc Ultra 10. It seems to work just fine,
> except that the consoles tty[1..6] go black after a while. They all go
> at
> the same time and I can't seem to get them back without a reboot.
>
> It happens after about ten minutes of idle time, so it seems that the
> consoles go to sleep, but don't want to wake up any more.
>
> Does anyone know how to fix this?
>
man setterm. Pressing a key should bring the consoles back, but I've
never used Linux on anything but i386. Maybe there is something odd
about your video adapter or monitor. (Does the monitor's power light
blink, change color or go off?)

setterm -blank 0 -powersave off -powerdown 0

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